The construction job site safety audit could be a urgent tool for keeping your projects on time and below the budget. On going attention to safety and loss control is the oz. of prevention that is worth a pound of cure. A regular process, that identifies and then corrects or removes work site risks, efficiently minimizes accidents and wounds.
Here are 9 comparatively common questions of safety that were exposed by a regular construction job site safety audit :
1. Trenching * Unjustifiable ditch depth increases collapse danger * Work must only proceed where collapse protection is in place * Falls down protection can be supplied with correct sloping.
2. Boxes - Gas cans must be obviously labeled as to contents and perils.
3. Rigging Slings - Rigging must be taken out of service when heavily damaged or when wear detectors are visible.
4. Steps - Steps must be correctly made with consistent rise and run, secured treads, and step rails prepared.
5.Office Trailers - New access and entrance doors must be physically blocked from use to avoid falls.
6. Loading Platforms - Railings, to stop falls, must have mid and top rails prepared. In certain circumstances chains can be employed.
7. Inflammable Liquid Storage - A Combustible Storage Cupboard must be installed and employed in any building or trailer where over twenty-five gallons of inflammable liquids are stored.
8.Fire Extinguishers - Storage trailers containing combustible or flamable materials must have fire extinguishers inside fifty foot vicinity.
9. Ladders - Damaged ladders or ladder sections must be tagged "don't Use " until removed from the job site and wrecked. The loss control audit by a safety officer or safety specialist provides critical target the curbing of accidents and wounds in busy work environments. In this example, 9 questions of safety were found.
The dangers were identified before there were any wounds or accidents. Curative action was immediate for some of the problems, while others needed scheduling. Either way business interruption was kept as small as possible.
